“Barack Obama is a drug dealer of welfare,” he said, speaking on “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.” “He wants permanent dependency, in my judgment, of all these folks…somehow getting benefits, benefits, benefits and paying no taxes.”

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Buchanan’s comments came the day after a video surfaced of Mitt Romney, who, speaking at a private fundraiser in May, said 47 percent of Americans, who don’t pay income tax, are “dependent upon the government.” Romney and some Republicans, like Buchanan, didn’t back down from those comments when the controversial video came to light, saying instead that the remarks should spark a broader conversation about the role of government in citizens’ lives, and why the poor economy forces more people to rely on help from the government.

“We used to have FDR talking about relief being a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit,” Buchanan said. “We got to get off this welfare, is what he said. And in that sense it’s a narcotic.

“Gov. Romney is the complete opposite,” Buchanan added. “We believe in temporary help for anybody that’s in trouble. You should have a floor of decency under every family. Unemployment should be temporary. Unemployment benefits should be temporary. Food stamps should be temporary. What are we doing with 47 million people permanently have to be fed by the government?”

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I can see why I haven't seen or heard Buchanan as much as I used to. "Drug dealer of welfare"? How ridiculous! I know he would like to do his part to lessen the impact of Romney's latest round of gaffes, but he only succeeds in making himself look very foolish.

“We believe in temporary help for anybody that’s in trouble. You should have a floor of decency under every family. Unemployment should be temporary. Unemployment benefits should be temporary. Food stamps should be temporary. What are we doing with 47 million people permanently have to be fed by the government?”

" The dreamers and entrepreneurs, not the government, built this economy. "

"What are we doing with 47 million people permanently have to be fed by the government?”"

Not a single Marxist Democrat on here has bothered to actually address the isuues that Buchanan brings up. All they can do is "kill the messenger".

What is Owebummer's plan to get this 47 million people off the government dole?

It certainly can't e job growth. We now have fewer people working than we did when he took office.

What is the Marxist Democrat plan to get these 47 million people off the dole?

It certainly can't be by limiting government growth, the Marxist Democrats haven't passed a budget bill for four years and not a single one has voted for any Owebummer budget.

How many more people will be on the government dole at the end of another four years of Owebummer? We've already had another bond downgrade under Owebummer -- even though the MSM won't report a single word about it. The CBO says we will have $1T annual deficits for the next decade. Medicare will go broke about 6-8 years from now. GM has fallen to the No. 3 auto maker in teh world behind both Toyota and Volkswagon and it's shares have fallen so low that the government can't sell its share in GM.

We'll probably have over 60 million people on the government dole at the end of another four years based on the growth rate over the past four years -- and it isn't obvious that Owebummer has *any* idea of how to slow that growth rate down at all.

Who does the Marxist Democrats think is going to pay for that number of people on the government dole?

Buchanan is a rancid, disgusting piece of right-wing filth who should have been turned out to pasture decades ago. About the only thing the evil spawn of Lucianne got right in his book 'Liberal Fascism', targeted at Cons with an 8th grade understanding of history, is the smiley face representation of Pat on the cover.

Like I said when Newt said similar things about food stamps, I dare Buchanan to go a really poor rural area with lots of white voters (and a strong republican block of voters) who depend on food stamps & other government handouts to get by, and say to them that they're a bunch of drug addicts addicted to government handouts.

Although I missed Buchanan's appearance on Fox last night, I've noticed that none of the Fox entertainers will ever ask him any questions about Isreal, Iran, or anything to do with war in the Middle East as they don't want any open dissent from a conservative on the show.

HYPOCRITE AND RACIST BUCHANANN IS STILL TALKING. THERE ARE, AS IN THE PAST, WELFARE DEPENDENTS IN BUCHANANN'S FAMILY, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY ONES. THIS MAN IS HOPELESSLY IDIOTIC WHENEVER HE OPENS HIS GUTTER-LIKE MOUTH!

shadowliberal: "Like I said when Newt said similar things about food stamps, I dare Buchanan to go a really poor rural area with lots of white voters (and a strong republican block of voters) who depend on food stamps & other government handouts to get by, and say to them that they're a bunch of drug addicts addicted to government handouts."

1) Talk about STEREOTYPES! What makes you think poor white people living on the government dole vote REPUBLICAN?

2) Answer the equestion: WHAT IS THE MARXIST DEMOCRAT PLAN TO CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE GOVERNMENT DOLE?

Taking *more* money from the rich to redistribute via the government dole DOES NOT LESSEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE DOLE!

crickets....... crickets........ crickets..........

All I ever hear from the Marxist Democrats is crickets when it comes to plans on how to lower the number of people in poverty.

Their only answer is how to *INCREASE* the number of people on the dole by redistributing *more* money.